Is It Love or Is It Control? Assessing Warning Signs of Dating Violence

The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate the Relationship Red Flags Scale, a measure of ability to recognize warning signs of dating violence. The factor structure and psychometric properties of this measure were tested with independent samples of college women and men, and test–retest...

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Published in:Journal of interpersonal violence 2021-06, Vol.36 (11-12), p.5446-5470
Main Authors: Kearney, Monica S., O’Brien, Karen M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior
Confirmatory factor analysis
Dating
Domestic violence
Factor Structure
Females
Independent sample
Indexes
Intimate partner violence
Measures
Psychometrics
Reliability
Validity
Violence
Women
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate the Relationship Red Flags Scale, a measure of ability to recognize warning signs of dating violence. The factor structure and psychometric properties of this measure were tested with independent samples of college women and men, and test–retest reliability was assessed with college women. Specifically, our first study examined the factor structure, validity, and reliability of the Relationship Red Flags measure with a sample of 433 undergraduate women. Confirmatory factor analyses provided support for a 25-item five-factor structure (i.e., Monitoring Behaviors, Controlling Behaviors, Demeaning Behaviors, Threatening and Aggressive Behaviors, and Jealous and Possessive Behaviors). Internal consistency reliability was adequate and the validity of the measure was supported for use with college women (negative correlations were found among measures of warning signs and acceptance of dating violence). Our second study replicated these findings with an independent sample of 330 college men. Finally, a third investigation found that the measure demonstrated adequate test–retest reliability with an independent sample of 47 college women.
ISSN:0886-2605
1552-6518
DOI:10.1177/0886260518805105